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May 14, 2007

Skype Phishing Attack

Got this in my gmail in-box today:

Dear valued skype�member:

It has come to our attention that your skype� account informations needs to be updated as part of our continuing commitment to protect your account and to reduce the instance of fraud on our website. If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and update your personal records you will not run into any future problems with the online service.

However, failure to update your records will result in account suspension. Please update your records on or before May 15, 2007.

you are requested to update your account informations at the following link.

*Important* We have asked few additional information which is going to be the part of secure login process. These additional information will be asked during your future login security so, please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.

My guess is that most folks who receive this will ask themselves "what the heck is "Skype"? Perhaps this may turn out to help Skype's marketing efforts?